Whilst there we met and filmed so many wonderful artists that it’s worth re-living a small selection again: Hilde and Rebekah, Frisky and Mannish, Nick Pynn, Baby Charles, Cherri Shakewell, Longtomb, Miss Merlin, Copperdollar, Anna, The Pocket Rocket from The Aviator Club, Des O’Connor, And the Devil May Drag You Under, The Drookit Dogs, The Aviator Club, Forget Me Not – Sharon Elizabeth, Jason Pimblett and Samantha Howard, The Insect Circus, The Morning Orchestra, Harmony Glen, Election Idol, Estrondo, The Brighton Beach Boys, The Curst Sons, David Devant and His Spirit Wife.

Without doubt we were extremely fortunate to interview a selection of highly talented artists: Jonathan Cash and his thought provoking show, The First Domino;  Peta Taylor and a wonderful Tom Stoppard Evening;  Andrew Brinded from the amazingly topical show, Election Idol;  Brian Mitchell from The October Revolutions;  Kt Simpson from Copperdollar;  Lynn Ruth Miller and her show, Age is Amazing; Phil Baker from New Music Brighton; Lorraine Bowen and her most unusual show, Bedroom Lullaby;  Lady Garden the comedy sextet of charming ladies;  Chris Cross the zany contortionist;  Paul Martin the suave Cabaret artist and finally  Matt Pollard from The Rainbow Chorus.

And so we move on to the 3rd Tokyo Fringe Festival .  After Tokyo we are moving on to cover the FIRST ever Kyoto Fringe Festival so keep watching this space as we have more interviews to come.

Check out David Devant and His Spirit Wife who are previewed here with their haunting music.  They were on for one night only at Fletch @ St. Andrews at the beginning of the Brighton Fringe.  This Brighton based glam-pop band take their name from the famous British Victorian magician David Devant.  To find out where they will be performing next, check out their MySpace web pages and website.

Check out some raw stompin’ mountain music with The Curst Sons performing at  Brighton’s Fringe City.  Based in Brighton these rootin tootin sons are Willie Kerr (vocals and percussion);  Tim Dunkerley (mandolin, side guitar and vocals); and Dave Simner on Lead Guitar and vocals.  For more information about The Curst Sons do check out their website.

The Brighton Beach Boys and the Psychedelic Love Orchestra are captured here at Fringe City.  Pet Sounds Vs Sgt Pepper is on at St. George’s Church on the 22nd and 23 May 2009.   If you fancy some beautiful 60’s music these guys know how to deliver.

Check out Estrondo and this really groovy sound!  Their 22 piece percussion band put on an agile and animated display at Brighton’s Fringe City at the start of the Fringe and the crowd shoogled in their shoes!   The Brazilian music makes you want to party with its rich diffusion of Ameri-Indian, Portuguese and Africian sounds.

Last year they performed at the Joogleberry Playhouse, now known as the Latest Music Bar.  A change of venue this year saw them performing at Volks Bar in Maderia Drive.  Hopefully Estrondo will be back next year for a longer run.